Climate Change Quotes

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?

To say that climate change will be catastrophic hides a cascade of value-laden assumptions that do not emerge from empirical science.

I accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot of the more gloomy predictions.

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth

We are trying to send our message to let the world know what is happening and what will happen to the Maldives if climate change isn't checked.

We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.'

Please eat less meat - meat is a very carbon-intensive commodity.

We can produce imagery to share the beauty of the oceans and what is there to protect. We can also expose the truths about overharvest, climate change, and habitat loss to give oceans a voice.

There is, even today, a Flat Earth Society that meets every year to say the Earth is flat. The science about climate change is very clear. There really is no room for doubt at this point.

We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters.

Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.

We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.

Global warming causing climate change may be the ultimate issue that unites us all.

The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.

Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty or responsibility laid down in scriptures, clearly.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Men argue. Nature acts.

Climate change represents the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen

Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy.

In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing thats going on every single day.

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now.

I believe climate change is real, but I reject the cap and trade solution of John - of, you know, of Al Gore. He's made a religion. It's a problem.

We only get one planet.

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

The scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response.

The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful.

We now know that climate change is a driver of migration, and is expected to increase the displacement of populations.

It means joining with allies to deploy renewable energy technologies -- both at home and around the world -- to confront the very real and present danger of potentially irreversible climate change.

It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation.

Climate change: It's here. If we don't react, war, pestilence and famine will follow close behind

It is deeply pejorative to call someone a "climate change denier". This is because it is a phrase designedly reminiscent of the idea of Holocaust Denial.

Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial.

Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems.

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.

The antidote to climate change is community.

What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.

I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future.

We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it's uncomfortable to talk about.

Is climate change pseudoscience? If I'm going to answer the question, the answer is: absolutely.

We are just about to cross the 400 parts per million threshold.

I think calling it climate change is rather limiting. I would rather call it the everything change.

Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.